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  • Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us

    Corruptible: Who Gets Power and How It Changes Us

                  Does the current state of the world seem overwhelming? Do our leaders often seem to be all about themselves and not about us? Is it easier to turn on a sitcom rerun than to sit through the news because we feel so helpless to change what’s going on?             You’re not alone. Brian Klaas,…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 4, 2022
    American History, Culture, History, Politics
    Brian Klaas, Corruptible, Corruption, Global Politics, Government, Politics, Power, World History
  • Death & Lighthouses of the Great Lakes

    Death & Lighthouses of the Great Lakes

    Great Lakes Lighthouse: Death, true crime, suicides, and murder.

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    March 4, 2022
    Great Lakes, Lighthouse, Michigan, Murder, mystery
    Canada, Death & Lighthouse of the Great Lakes, Dianna Higgs Stampfler, George Gentry, Gibraltar Point, Great Lakes, History Press, John Paul “J.P.” Radelmüller, Lighthouses, Michigan, Michigan's Haunted Lighthouses, mystery, Toronto
  •  Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 

     Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama 

    “Bob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable,” writes Danielle Dresser of Anderson’s Bookshop where Oldenkirk will be signing copies of his new book. “And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 27, 2022
    Autobiography, Humor
    Bob Oldenkirk, Chicago, Comedy, Humor, Saturday Night Live, Second City
  • The Appeal By Janice Hallett

    The Appeal By Janice Hallett

            An ever escalating review of email, letters, and documents by two young lawyers at the behest of their supervisor, The Appeal tells the story of a small-town fundraising appeal for a little girl’s life-saving cancer treatment and all the machinations that go along with it.         “While the alpha family, leading lights of a…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 26, 2022
    Fiction, mystery
    Fiction. new books, Legal mystery, Medical mystery, mystery, The Appeal
  • CrimeReads: The Pull of Abandoned Spaces ‹ CrimeReads

    CrimeReads: The Pull of Abandoned Spaces ‹ CrimeReads. https://crimereads.com/jennifer-fawcett-abandoned-spaces/

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 25, 2022
    mystery, Supernatural, Suspense, Thriller
    Fiction. new books, Mystery-Thriller, Supernatural
  • Sara Carson: Super Dog Tricks

    Sara Carson: Super Dog Tricks

                Your dog may have been working hard to convince you that old—or even oldish–dogs can’t learn new tricks, but Sara Carson, who with her Super Collies has appeared on such shows as America’s Got Talent and America’s Got Talent The Champions knows better.             Considered among the best, the Lexington, Kentucky based international trick dog trainer…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 22, 2022
    Animals, Canines
    Animal training, Animals, Canines, Sara Carson, Super Collies, Super Dog Tricks
  • CrimeReads: 10 New Books Coming Out This Week ‹ CrimeReads

    CrimeReads: 10 New Books Coming Out This Week ‹ CrimeReads. https://crimereads.com/10-new-books-coming-out-this-week-february-21-2022/

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 22, 2022
    #books, Digital, Fiction, Murder, National Book Award finalist author, Psychological Suspense, Suspense, Thriller
    #books, Fiction, Fiction. new books, mysteries, Mystery-Thriller, Psychological Suspense
  • Article: 8 Retellings with a Bite of Darkness

    8 Retellings with a Bite of Darkness https://flip.it/YNAwhk

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 20, 2022
    #books, Culture, Fiction, mystery, Thriller
    #books, audio books, Fiction, mysteries, Mystery-Thriller, Psychological Suspense
  • Luckiest Girl Alive book review|Lainey Gossip Books

    Luckiest Girl Alive book review|Lainey Gossip Books

    If You’re not following Lainey Gossip, may I suggest that you do. It’s all about pop culture including books, fashion, movies, celebrities, etc. with lots of fun videos including this one of Tom Cruise thanking people for seeing his latest movie Top Gun: Maverick while free falling from an airplane and talking on his way…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 18, 2022
    #books, #BookTok, Authors, Autobiography, Culture, Female Voices, Fiction, Gossip, Psychology, Social media, Women
    "etalk", "Listening to a Squawking Chicken", "The Social", Autobiography, Culture, Elaine Lui, fun, Gossip, Humor, Lainey Gossip, Lainey Lui, Listen to the Squawking Chicken, Memoir, Pop culture, Reece Witherspoon, Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
  • Mindy Kaling, Amazon Publishing, and Amazon Studios Announce Mindy’s Book Studio and First-Look Deal, a New Home for Dynamic Storytelling

    Mindy Kaling, Amazon Publishing, and Amazon Studios Announce Mindy’s Book Studio and First-Look Deal, a New Home for Dynamic Storytelling

    Mindy Kaling, Amazon Publishing, and Amazon Studios just announced the launch of Mindy’s Book Studio, a boutique story studio that will publish books selected by Kaling from emerging and established diverse voices. “I had the best time working on Nothing Like I Imagined, and I am so excited to continue my relationship with Amazon,” said…

    Jane Simon Ammeson

    February 16, 2022
    Amazon, Comedian, Culture, Digital, Essays, Humor
    Amazon Publishing, Amazon Studios, Digital, Dynamic Storytelling, Humor, Insightful, Mindy Kaling, Mindy's Book Studio
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